Mel Gibson As WOLVERINE? Check Out Some Concept Art

The troubled actor was rumored to have been offered the role of Logan back in 1997, but short of that we've never heard too much more about it. Now, what is apparently some official concept art from Miles Teves has been unearthed, which you can see after the jump.

There were several actors that were said to be up for the role of Wolverine before Hugh Jackman brought the iconic Marvel mutant to life in Bryan Singer's X-Men, and one of them was Mel Gibson. How close he actually came to playing the part is unknown, but providing the above concept sketch from artist Miles Teves (Total Recall, RoboCop, The Chronicles of Riddick, Legend) is legit, it may well have been closer than we thought. Do you think Gibson would have made a good Logan?

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if this would have been official back then, nobody would complain about it because he looks like Wolverine, but now that we have Jackman is a completely different story.And because wasn't the crazy bastard that is now.

About 10 yrs ago Mel would have been perfect as Wolverine. He's short but not too short,he has decent size arms now so I imagine he would have pumped up well with training & being younger. He has hairy,large forearms so thats very Logan-like. He's has a bit of gruff exterior but still manly handsome & a good deep enough voice. Plus,Mel can act. He also can direct & annoy minorities so...